Convertible car.



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CONVERTIBLE GAR.

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JOHN A. BRILL AND HENRY E. HADDOGK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA;SAID I-IADDOOK ASSIGNOR TO SAID BRILL.

CONVERTIBLE CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 722,280, dated March10, 1903.

Application filed May 24, 1902. $eria1 No. 108,770. (No modeLl T (tZZwhom it away concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN A. BRILL and HENRY E. HADDOCK, citizens of theUnited States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, (and whose post-office address is care of the J. G.Brill 00., Sixty-second street and Woodland avenue, in said city,) haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Cars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to make a car that can be readilyconverted from a sooalled winter or closed car to a summer or open car.In order to accomplish this, the sides of the car are made up of anumber of panels which can be easily slid or moved into such a positionthat they will occupy the least possible space and at the same time intoa position that is not used for any other purpose, so that the panelswill not be in the way of the occupants of the car nor in the way ofthose having charge of the car. This is accomplished without extendingthe height of the car or without in any way bulging any part of the carand so that the conventional shape of the car may be retained.

A further object of our invention is to provide a means whereby thepanels may be folded over each other to conserve space in storage and toexpedite the movement into the storage-space, and also a locking andguiding means for locking the panels in any position in which they maybe placed.

Additional features and advantages will appear from the followingdescription, in which reference is made to the accompanying drawings,wherein the same reference-letters indicate similar parts in all thefigures.

Figure 1 illustrates an inside view of the car, one of the panels showntherein being represented as completely open and another of the panelsbeing represented as completely closed. Fig. 2 is a sectional view onthe line 2 2, Fig. 1, drawn through the closed panel. Fig. illustrates aside view of the stanchion or post and the horn thereof for supportingthe panels when either in a closed or open position with the panelsremoved. Fig. I is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. l,which is drawn through the open panel of the car. Fig. 5 illustrates thelower panel. Fig. 6 illustrates the sashpanel. Fig. 7illustratesadetailed sectional view taken on the line 9 h of Fig. 2 toillustrate the means for guiding the lower panel when it is moved intoor out of its temporary stored position. Fig. 8 is a sectional Viewshowing the grooves of the stanchion, taken on the line 1; 7c of Fig. 3.Fig. 9 is a third sectional view of the stanchion, taken on the line a 5indicated in Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is a fourth sectional view taken on theline 0 d of Fig. 3, showingthe guiding-grooves for both the lower andthe sashpanel located on the horn of the stanchion. Fig. 11 is anelevation of a steel frame to be attached to the horn or post extensionand which forms the grooves in the roof-pockets,

the small figure to the right representing a continuation of the lowerpart thereof. Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the lower slat of the lowerpanel, indicated at e f of Fig. 5, illustrating the flexible plates ofwhich the lower panel is made and the means of fastening the said platesto the said lower slat. Fig. 12 illustrates the preferable form of lockused in securing the sash-panel in any desirable position. Fig. 13 is atop view of said lock. Fig. 14 is a detailed view of the link connectionbetween the upper and lower sash-panels shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 15illustrates a side view of the said link connection.

In Fig. 1, A indicates a supporting-stanchion for the panels 0. Thestanchions also constitute the supporting-framework of the car. Thestanchions A A are supported by the sill B. At the top of the stanchionis located the letter board or panel I), and at l) is illustrated thehead-lining of the car.

12 indicates the ventilating-window of the car.

The stanchion or post A (shown in Fig. 3 has a horn F, forming acontinuation there of. The horn F forms a support for the roof of thecar and for the ventilators. The posts through the horns are fastened tothe ventilator-rail Z)", which posts also provide means for supportingthe panels shown in Figs. 5 and 6 when the car isin the form of an opencar or when it is changed into the form of a closed car. The stanchion Ahas four grooves located on the sides of the stanchion. The grooves 61 aform a guide for the curtain D, which is supported on a roll above thepanels under the covering 01. This curtain D is fastened at one end to acurtain-rod (1*, which moves in the grooves a. By the friction of therod 61 or by its own weight the curtain is held in any position in whichthe rod (1 may be placed in the grooves a. A second pair of grooves a a(illustrated in Fig. 8) is also made in the stanchion for guiding andsupporting the lower panel. (Shown in Fig. 5.) These grooves 11. have anextension of increased depth a which constitutes a guide for the saidpanel shown in Fig. 5. The groove a extends the full length of thestanchion or post and the horn, which permits of the panel C beingguided to the top of the horn and under the roof of the car.

At about the center of the post or stanchion the groove 0. is deepenedand enlarged. In this enlarged part of the groove, which is lettered inFig. 9 as a, is placed the frame F, (shown in Fig. 11,) which takes theplace of grooves formed in the post. This frame is so situated insaidgroove a as to permit of a continuation of the groove a which islettered in Fig. 9 as 0.

The frame F is preferably cast in three pieces f' f f or it may beformed of two pieces, the upper and lower parts, or it may be cast orformed into a single piece. It has a number of parallel ridges whichform four separate grooves, (lettered f f a',) which are a continuationof the groovef and a and the groove f located at the top of the frameand just beneath the roof of the car when the frame is placed on thestanchion and the horn. The groove f is enlarged at f by the lower ridgeextending at right angles to the direction of the frame. The object ofthis enlarged portion of the groove f will be explained in thespecification below. On the piece f is a ridge f which, with theframework of the car, forms the continuation of the groove a and of.Also in the piece f of the frame F is a supporting-ridge f which islocated slightly at an angle to the general direction of the frameworkwhen placed upon the supporting-horn. This supporting-ridge is for thepurpose of supporting the lower part of the upper panel when it isplaced in its temporary stored position, as shown in Fig. 4. Theframework is fastened to the horn or stanchion by screw or by othermeans. 'We do not intend tolimit-ourselves to the frame fastened to thestanchion or horn; but the grooves may be formed directly in thestanchion and horn or in the supporting-frame of the car.

The panels, which are supported by the stanchion and horn, are shown inFigs. 5 and 6. The lower panel C (shown in Fig. 5) is made flexible inorder that it may adapt itself to the contour of the lower part of thecar-sliding and also to the circular contour of the groove when placedin a stored position under the roof. This panel C may be made of anumber of slats located parallel to each other and connected or fastenedtogether by wires in order to permit of the slats moving upon eachother, or the slats may be otherwise hinged together to permit theirfree movement. The panel may also consist of sheet metal or other formof sheet material having a number of slats for strengthening the same,as in the form shown in Fig. 5, wherein is shown a panel having twosheets 0 C of metal, between which are located a number of slats. Thesheets are fastened to the slats by means of screws and are fastened atthe top and bottom to an upper and lower sash, the upper sash forming abelt-rail along the side of the car. If desired, a packing material maybe placed between the sheet metal, which would form a non-conductor toheat, and thereby increase the warmth of the car. A guiding means isalso provided for this panel. In the form shown in Fig. 5 the insidesheeting is extended beyond the edge of the panel. This extension whenthe panel is placed between the guiding-stanchions is placed in theguiding-grooves a and when the panel C is raised this extending sheetingenters the groove a. On the belt-rail or top sash c are located handles0 c for raising and handling the panel C. On the lower sash of the panellocking devices 0 O are located, which permit of locking the panel inany position it may be placed between the supporting-stanchions of thecar.

The upper panel dovetails with a bead 0 located on the panel C. Thisupper panel is formed of two parts C G which dovetail with each other bymeans of the bead 0, located on the part 0. The parts are guided bypintles 0 0 and e and by the bolts of the locks G, the pintles 0 and 0being located on the upper part 0 of the upper panel and the pintles eand the bolts of the locks G being located on the lower panel. The partsof the sash-panel are fastened together, preferably by a link 0, whichpermits of the two parts of the panel folding over each other when thepanel is raised to a position just underneath the roof for its temporarystorage when the car is converted into a summer or open car.

The link 0 is fastened to the parts of the upper panel by means of thepivots 0 0 located in iron frames 0 0 which are sunk into the sashes ofthe upper and lower parts of the upper panel. The links, pivots, andparts of the panel form an articulated joint which is unlike a hingedjoint,in that the panel parts are allowed to separate, so that one mayswing substantially parallel to the other. Any means connecting thesepivots and permitting this movement we regard as the equivalent of thelink 0. The guides of the frame F so direct the parts of the panel thatas the panel is pushed up the two parts open and separate from eachother, and as the panel is moved on upward the lowerpart of the upperpanel folds over the upper part, thereby I seizes upon or catches holdof the stanchion reducing the space required for the storage I or post,the lower part of the serrated surface of the sash-panel. This permitsof economizing the space and enables the ready storage of the two panelsbeneath the roof of the car, and it also permits the upper or sash panelto readily adjust itself to the contour of the shape of the car justunderneath the roof. The bolts of the lock G and the pintles located onthe lower part of the sashpanel, are placed in the guiding-grooves f andthe enlarged extension f of said groove f. The pintle 0 is also guidedby the groove f when the sash-panel is placed in its position betweenthe supporting-stanchion, while the upper part of the pintles is locatedin the groove f located in the piece f of the frame F. Vhen the upperpanel is to be raised to its temporary stored position, the lock G isunlocked and the bolts are withdrawn from the stanchion sufficient topermit of the movement of the upper panel, but not so far but what thebolts still remain in their guiding-grooves. The panel is then raised bythe handles located on the lower part of the sash 0 the grooves guidingthe direction of the panel asit is moved upward. When the panel reachesa position underneath the roof, the upper panel drops down in theenlarged portion f of the groove f and permits the lower panel to openand the bead to separate from the upper part of the panel, and at thesame time the link permits the upper partof the panel to drop intoalower po sition, so as to permit the lower part of the panel to foldover and to continue in the upward movement, so as to reduce the spacerequired for the storage of the panel, as shown in Fig. 4. When,however, the panel is returned to a closed position, the reverseoperation occurs, the lower part of the panel being drawn down, and thenby the guidingchannels the lower part of the panel lifts on the upperpart of the panel and raises it clear of the step in the ridge leadingfrom the enlarged portion of the channelf and draws it down into itsclosed position. The channel f guides the upper pintle of the upper partof the panel into such a position that will cause the upper part of thepanel to close tightly with the letter-board of the car.

The lock G (shown in Figs. 12 and 13) forms animportantpartofourinvention. Thislook has on its frame a handle g for lifting the upper panel. In the casing g of the lock is located a bolt 9 having aserrated cam-shaped head. This bolt 9 is pivoted at g and is operated bya handle 9, located above the handle g. The handle g is pivoted to thecasing g of the lock on the pivot g. A pin g is fastened to the bolt 9This pin passes through a slot located in the handle 9. The bolt and thehandle are pressed upward by means of a spring 9 supported between thepin g and the casing g of the look. When in its upward position, thebolt 9 of the look is in such a position that the serrated surface ofthe bolt g being at a greater distance from the pivot g of the bolt.This position of the bolt causes a tightening between the pivot g andthe stanchion or post, which looks the panel in position. When the panelis to be unlocked from the post, the handle g is pressed downward, whichpresses upon the bolt g by the pin g and causes the bolt 9 to movedownward to bring the upper part of the serrated surface in line withthe pivot g this portion of the surface being nearer to the pivot 9 thanthe lower part of the surface. The panel is then nnloosened from thestanchion and can be raised or lowered, as desired.

The above features of our invention may be varied without in any waydeparting from the spirit of the invention. The grooves may be locatedin different parts of the car-that is to say, they may be located-sothat the panels may be moved horizontally or vertically, as described,ora difierent locking means may be used in connection with the panels.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a convertible car, the combination with a movable flexible panel,a curtain and a curtain-rod, a post for supporting the said panel andthe said curtain and having a plurality of grooves, one of said groovesfor supporting the said panel, another of said grooves for guiding thesaid panel, and a third groove for guiding the said curtain-rod.

2. In a convertible car, the combination of a movable panel, and asupporting-post having a plurality of grooves for engaging and guidingthe said panel.

3. In a convertible car, the combination of a movable panel, a stanchionor post having a groove for supporting the panel, and a second groovelocated in the bottom of the said first groove for guiding the saidpanel.

4. In a convertible car, the combination of a movable panel, asupporting-post having a plurality of grooves, one of said grooves forguiding one part of said panel and another of said grooves for guidinganother part of said panel.

5. In a convertible car, the combination with a plurality of movablepanels, stanchions or posts having paired grooves for supporting saidpanels, one of said grooves being located at the bottom of another ofsaid paired grooves for guiding the said panel, and a third pair ofgrooves also located adjacent to the secondnamed pair of grooves forguiding another of said panels.

6. In a convertible car, the combination of a plurality of movablepanels, a supportingpost having a plurality of grooves, one of saidgrooves for guiding the upper part of one of said panels, a secondgroove for guiding another part of said panels, and a thirdgroove forguiding another of said panels.

7. In a convertible car, the combination of ICO a supporting post havinga plurality of grooves,a frame located in one of said grooves, the saidframe having a plurality of ridges, a plurality of panels guided by saidgrooves and the said ridges.

8. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post having anupper horn or extension, and a plurality of grooves, an upper and lowerpanel, a frame supported on the upper portion of said post forming acontinuation of said grooves, whereby the upper and lower panels areguided and supported to or from said horns.

9. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post havinggrooves, a plurality of movable panels, a frame located in one of saidgrooves and having ridges which form a continuation of the saidgrooves,whereby the said panels may be guided to a temporary or storedposition at the top of the said car.

10. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post, a framelocated on said supporting-post, the said frame having a plurality ofchannels, a plurality of panels supported by the said post and havingpintles located in the said grooves and channels, whereby the saidpanels are guided to and supported in a temporary stored position.

11. In a convertible car, the combination of the supporting-posts eachhaving a plurality of adjacent grooves, and a panel comprising aplurality of sashes secured together by an articulated joint, each ofthe sashes moving in the separate grooves, whereby the said sashes maybe folded over each other when the panel is raised to its elevatedposition.

12. In a convertible car, the combination of the supporting-postscomprising an upright portion and an inwardly-extending horn orprojection, and a panel comprising a plurality of sashes united by anarticulated joint and means carried on said posts for guiding the panelup and down the upright post portion, to and superposing the sashes atthe horn or projection.

13. In a convertible car, the combination of the supporting-postscomprising an upright portion and an inwardly-extending horn orprojection, a plurality of separate grooves formed on the opposing facesof said horns and continued on the said upright portions, a panelcomprising a plurality of sashes united at their side edges by linkspivoted thereto, and pintles extending from the side edges of the sashesand entering said grooves, whereby said sashes may be overlapped at thesaid horns.

14. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post, a framelocated on said post having a plurality of channels, a two-part panelsupported and guided by the said channels, one of said channels guidingthe upper part of the said panel and another of said channels guidingthe lower part of the said panel, whereby the said parts of the saidpanel may be folded over when the panel is moved to its temporary storedposition.

15. In a convertible car, the combination of a su pporting-post havingchannels, a two-part panel supported and guided by the said channels,one of said channels for guiding the upper part of the said panel,another of the said channels for-guiding the lower part of the saidpanel, and a ridge for supporting the secondnamed part ofthe said panelwhen in its temporary stored position.

16. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post having aplurality of channels, a two-part panel guided by said channels, a linkfor connecting said parts of said panel together and so related to saidchannels to permit of the folding over of the two parts of said panelwhen said panel is moved to its stored position.

17. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post, aplurality of channels, a two-part panel guided by the said channels, oneof said channels for directing the upper part of said panel, another ofsaid channels for directing the lower part of the said panel, and a linkfor connecting the two parts of the said panel and so related to thesaid channels as to permit of the folding over of the parts of the saidpanel, when the said panel is moved to its temporary stored position.

18. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post having aplurality of channels, one of said channels having an enlarged portion,a two-part panel guided by the said channels and a link connecting thetwo parts of the said panel and so related to said channels and to theenlarged portion of one of said channels as to permit of the two partsof the panel folding over each other when the said panel is moved to itstemporary stored position.

19. In aconvertible car, the combination of a supporting-post having aplurality of channels, one of said channels having an enlarged portion,a two-part panel guided by the said channels and a link connecting thetwo parts of the said panel and so related to said channels and to theenlarged portion of one of said channels as to permit of the two partsof the panel folding over each other when the said panel is moved to itstemporay stored position, and a supporting ridge for the said lowerpanel when in said temporary stored position.

20. In aconvertible car, the combination of a supporting-post havingchannels, a movable two-part panel, having pintles and a lockingboltlocated in the said channels, a link connecting the two parts of thesaid panel whereby the said panel may be guided to a temporary storedposition and folded when in said position.

21. In a convertible car, the combination of a supporting-post havinggrooves, a frame located in said grooves having ridges forming acontinuation of one of said grooves, a pair of panels supported andguided by the said grooves, one of the said panels formed of two partswhich are connected together by a link,

guiding means located on the, said panels which are adapted to move inthe said channels, whereby the said panels may be raised to the top ofthe supporting-post and the said two-part panel may be folded.

22. As an article of manufacture, a frame having grooves forming ridgesadapted to be secured to a car-post.

23. As an article of manufacture, a frame having a curved andlaterally-expanded upper section and a pendent contracted section, andgroove-forming ridges produced on both sections.

24. A car-post having an upright section, grooves formed therein, and ametal frame having grooves formed therein, secured to said posts andcontinuing the post-grooves.

25. In a car-post having an upright section, and an inwardly-extendinghorn, a groove formed in the upright section, and a groove forming metalsecured to the horn and continuing the post-groove.

26. Acar-posthavingagrooved upright section, and an inwardly-extendinghorn, and a frame having a plurality of grooves in one part secured tothe post and connecting the latters groove.

27. A car-panel comprising a plurality of flexible sheetings, andagrooved carpost, one of the sheets entering the groove of the post toguide the panel.

28. A panel for convertible street-cars or similar vehicles, consistingof two sashes provided with a tongue-and-grooved joint, and a pair oflinks pivoted to the edges of said sashes.

29. A panel for convertible street-cars or similar vehicles consistingof two sashes united by an articulated joint.

30. A panel for convertible ears or similar vehicles consisting of twosashes united by an articulated joint secured to the edges of saidsashes.

31. A panel for convertible cars or similar vehicles consisting of twosashes having opposing lateral edges, and an articulated jointconnecting them at said edges.

32. A panel for convertible cars or similar vehicles consisting of twosashes having opposing lateral edges, and a link pivoted to the sides ofthe sashes at each side of said edge.

33. A panel for convertible ears, consisting of two sashes united at thesides by an articulated joint, and pintles extending outwardly from thesides of said sashes adjacent said joint.

34. A panel for convertible cars, consisting of two sashes united at thesides by an articulated joint, pintles extending outwardly from thesides of said sashes adjacent said joint, pintles on the upper sideedges of the upper sash, and a lock at the lower side edge of the lowersash.

35. A panel for convertible cars, consisting of two sashes united at thesides by an articulated joint, pintles extending outwardly from thesides of said sashes adjacent said joint and at the upper side edges ofthe upper sash, and a retractable pintle and lock carried by the lowersash at its lower side edge.

36. Thecombinationin acarhavinggrooved posts, of a panel consisting oftwo sashes united at the sides by an articulated joint, pintlesextending outwardly from the sides of said sashes adjacent said jointand at the upper side edges of the upper sash and extending into thepost-grooves, and a com bined lock and guide carried by the lower sashat its lower side edge and extending into the post-grooves.

37. A panel for convertible cars, consisting of two sashes, each havinga recess formed in the sides at their lateral opposing edges, and a linkin said recess pivoted to each sash above and below said lateral edge.

88. A panel for convertible cars, consisting of two sashes, each havinga recess formed in the sides at their lateral opposing edges, a link insaid recess pivoted to each sash above and below said lateral edge, andpintles extending outwardly from the sash side edges above and below thelinks.

39. A car-panel comprising a plurality of sheets and grooved car-posts,one of the sheets entering the groove of the post to guide the panel.

40. A car-panel comprising a plurality of sheetings and slats, and acar-post provided with a groove to receive one of the sheetings, and anadjacent and shallower groove to rcceive the ends of the slats.

41. In a convertible car or similar vehicle, stanchions provided withgrooves, panels having two parts pivoted together and provided withpintles whereby one pair of pintles will slide in one pair of grooves,the remaining pintles sliding in the other grooves.

42. In a convertible car or similar vehicle, stanchions provided withgrooves, panels having two parts connected together by means of anarticulated joint, pintles on the edges of the panel whereby one pair ofpintles will slide in one pair of grooves, the remaining pintles slidingin other grooves.

43. The combination with a car-post, of a separate groove-frame securedto said post.

44. The combination with a car-post comprising an upright portion and ahorn or extension, of a separate groove-frame secured to the face of theupright portion and said horn.

45. The combination with a car-post comprising an upright portion and ahorn or extension, of a separate frame having an upright portion and ahorn or extension, means for securing the frame to the face of theposts, a groove formed in the face of the upright post portion, and agroove formed in said frame-horn connecting the post-groove.

46. The combination with a car-post comprising an upright portion and ahorn or extension, a groove formed in the upright portion, a framehaving a plurality of grooves having a curved and laterally-expandedupper section, grooves formed therein, and a panel supporting ridgeadjacent to said grooves.

Signed in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,this 7th day of March, 1902.

JOHN A. BRILL. HENRY E. HADDOCK.

Witnesses:

H. W. NEULING, J r., WM. J. FERDINAND.

